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The Postman

Movie
1994
1h 49m
PG
Italian
Comedy, Drama, Romance
User Score: 
8
Critic Score: 
88
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Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
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The Postman

PG
Movie
1994
1h 49m
Italian
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Rating
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CRITIC SCORE
88

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Massimo Troisi
Mario Ruoppolo
Philippe Noiret
Pablo Neruda
Renato Scarpa
Telegrapher
Linda Moretti
Donna Rosa
Alfredo Cozzolino
Di Cosimo's Associate
Simona Caparrini
Elsa Morante (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
Bookseller (uncredited)
Assunta Stacconi
Old Woman in Church (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei
Cinema Spectator (uncredited)
Directed By: Michael Radford
Written By: Furio Scarpelli (Story), Michael Radford (Screenplay), + 3 more

Featured Comments/Tips

Flavio61 says...
12 years ago
La poesia diventa cinema.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Il Postino.
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Andreas1138 says...
6 years ago
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[spoiler]Even knowing the ending, I cried like a baby when Mario's character died. A very powerful movie.[/spoiler]
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
8 years ago
The sentimental relationship between the poet and a simple man.
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Featured User Reviews

CinemaSerf
2 months ago
With things unstable in his native Chile, renowned poet "Neruda" (Philippe Noiret) takes refuge on a small Italian island where his arrival is greeted with little more than a realisation that they are going to need to hire an extra postman! Step forward "Mario" (Massimo Troisi). He can barely read o More
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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**A beautiful Italian production.**

If there is something that manages to cause serious expression problems in the most flirtatious and fluent of men, it is the ardent gaze of the girl he loves. I know this from experience, and any man who has been in love, at least once, knows that it is not eas More
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